No. 86 in Italian
visto
"Visto" in Italian means "seen" or "visa" depending on the context.
In a sentence
Ho visto un film ieri sera.
I saw a movie last night.
In this sentence, "visto" is the past participle of the verb "vedere" (to see) and is used to form the passato prossimo tense together with the auxiliary verb "avere".
Visto che piove, rimango a casa.
Since it's raining, I'm staying home.
Here, "visto" is used as a conjunction meaning "since" or "given that"; it provides a reason or cause for the main assertion.
L’hai visto recentemente?
Have you seen him recently?
"Visto" is again the past participle of "vedere," but here it is used to form a question in the passato prossimo tense regarding someone's recent actions.
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